U.S., Israel Talk for 7 Hours

By

Joshua Mitnick

Updated Oct. 23, 2013 7:28 p.m. ET

Secretary of State John Kerry and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met for seven hours in Rome to try to synchronize positions on two tracks of Middle East diplomacy—Iran and the Palestinian peace process.

The divide between the allies over Iran, however, was on display as the meeting got under way, and it wasn't immediately clear afterward if any progress had been made.